Foreign media react to the defeat of Poles. “Wiped off the floor. Pulp”

The beginning of the tournament was excellent for the white and reds. It started with a win with Austria 36:31, and then with Belarus 29:20. Only in the third round, the Germans turned out to be better than the team, winning 30:23. In the second round, the Poles faced another difficult challenge, i.e. the clash with Norway. This is a team that won the world vice-championship in 2017 and 2019, and two years ago, the bronze medal of the European championship.

Norwegian media sharply about the match with Poland. “Wiped off the parquet”, “Miazga”

The Polish team started the match well with Norway, but it was getting worse with the development of the match. After the first half, the team led by Patryk Rombl was losing 15:21. “I don’t think there will be great emotions,” said Łukasz Jachimiak, a journalist at Sport.pl. “At the beginning of the game the Norwegians invited us to play, and we swallowed it like young pelicans” – added Maciej Wojs from TVP Sport. In the second half the situation did not improve and they lost 31:42, so the chances of the Polish team for promotion to the semi-finals are getting smaller.

The reactions of foreign media tell a lot about the failure of Polish handball players. Journalists in Norway were especially effusive, delving into the game of their national team. – Poland, which we were a bit afraid of, was two or three levels lower in this meeting – commentators of public radio NRK stated during the broadcast.

The journalists of “Verdens Gang” focused on the game of the Norwegians and the fact that the unsuccessful group stage of the tournament quickly got up and faced the Poles. Thanks to this, they made a quantum leap towards the medal phase, which the fans no longer thought about. – Plus those goals. Never in history has any team scored 42 goals in a single match. This victory will undoubtedly affect the morale of our team, which that day was a real roller – we read in the newspaper.

The revival of the Norwegian national team was also seen in the coverage of the NTB agency. Journalists described the first part of the games played by their players as pathetic. – In the group stage, the machinery of Norway looked as if it was jammed and the stars were disappointing and we entered the main stage with zero points. Suddenly, on Thursday evening in Bratislava there was a total unblocking – we read in the journalistic report.

Poland – Norway match close to the record

In turn, according to those reporting the game for “Dagbladet” it was “a crazy show of handball, especially by the performance. Norway dominated from the beginning to the end of the match, giving a real handball show and even swept the rivals off the floor.” A journalist from Nettavisen spoke in a similar vein: “Norway, led by the brilliant Sander Sagosen, traveled around Poland. He shone when Norway crushed their opponents in the European championship.”

In “Romerikes Blad” we can read that the representatives of the country of the fjords willingly and successfully took advantage of Poles’ stumbles. – Norwegian handball players are involved in the hunt for the semi-final of the European Championship. Poland did not manage to break out of its grip. Instead, the opponent “threw” a few balls that gave the Norwegian goals straight, the local newspaper reads

On the official website of the European Handball Federation, we can read that a record in the number of goals scored could have been achieved in the match between Poland and Norway. Even so, it was the fifth game in the history of EURO in this respect. Only four hits were missing the heroes of Thursday’s show to match the all-time record of 77 goals. However, this is mainly due to the rivals of the Poles. – Norway had big problems during the preliminary round, but found its rhythm in the match against Poland and did not look back – noticed the representatives of the European federation.

The situation in the “Polish” group in the second phase of the European Championships:

• 1. Spain – 2 games, 4 points (goal balance +10)
• 2. Sweden – 2 games, 2 points (goal balance +2)
• 3. Germany – 2 games 2 points (goal balance +1)
• 4. Russia – 2 games, 2 points (goal balance -5)
• 5. Norway – 2 games, 2 points (goal balance +10)
• 6. Poland – 2 matches, 0 points (goal balance -18)

The Polish national team will play against Sweden in the next match, which beat Russia 29:23 at the beginning of the second group stage. The Swedes are the current runners-up in the world.